I came here because the city has a tradition and is a very respected food city.
I had a very normal childhood, and my mother cooked very normal food.
Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.
I love Japanese and Thai food, especially seafood, and eat out with my wife two or three times a week.
If you have acid in food, you need to sugar it. At a high temperature, the acids are changed to sugar.
I like to talk about food, ingredients, and how to adapt recipes. It's a dialogue.
The Guardian's 'Word of Mouth' blog bridges the gap between blogging and serious food journalism.
Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.
In Roslyn, Pennsylvania, we started our real-life family circus. They provided the inspiration for my cartoons. I provided the perspiration.
Reading with my children is incredibly important to me and a wonderful way to spend time together as a family, exploring magical worlds through books and stories.
I only get to spend about six to eight weeks in Australia now and I really miss my family and friends.
Honestly, I grew up in pretty modest circumstances. We were a middle-class family.
All I wanted was to connect my moods with those of Paris. Beauty paints and when it painted most, I shot.
Today I see beauty everywhere I go, in every face I see, in every single soul.
I do like beauty, but an older woman can be beautiful and a clever woman is beautiful because that beauty shines through.
Days off are few and far between in the restaurant business. But on an hour off, I like to have a glass of wine with my wife.
I've never considered myself a celebrity or even part of the entertainment business. I'm a cooking teacher.
Prominence is cool, but when the delusion kicks in it can be a drag. Especially if you choose to surround yourself with friends and not acolytes.
It is cool to make a pilot because you get to do all the fun stuff, and then you get to leave when all the tough stuff starts.
Suspense films are often based on communication problems, and that affects all of the plot points. It almost gives it kind of a fable feeling.
Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.
